Personal Digest Saturday: December 6 – December 12

Life news this week:

• Saturday I got up late but still made it to the post office before it closed at noon (before coffee!) to drop off another one of Meg's eBay sales. Spent the day working on my blog, cleaning up in the house, and listening to an EPIC reaction while playing games. Then I took a Lyft car to my dad's holiday party and enjoyed the wonderful food and lovely company. My dad had arranged a karaoke service for the event so I sang a couple times and got a small fan club. Managed to eat a LITTLE dessert before heading home. Then I did some voice recordings--one was pickups for a voice acting role, and the other was some Christmas songs I'm singing with a friend. Unfortunately, after a long hiatus, my ear symptoms came back on Saturday night. I like to track the severity of the issue just to have an idea, so let's say it was a 3 in the AM and a 10 in the PM.
  
  
• Sunday I relaxed with a game and listening to an analysis on YouTube. Then I evaluated some recordings of band songs and sent feedback to the group. Straightened up the house, played DDR, and did my chores (trash and laundry). Kari stopped by with pizza and was sympathetic about my ear problem. She gave me some pointers. After she left I did some exercises and stretches she recommended. (Sometimes weird ear symptoms are connected to muscle tightness or other connected tissue. But it did not help.) Worked on my book editing. Ear stuff was a 7 in the AM, 10 in the PM.
  
  
• Monday I went back to work. Went to a meeting about a proposal and did some accounting data entry. Walked a package to the Post Office. Talked to Meg on Polo. Did some holiday shopping. Worked very hard on editing my book and got a lot chopped. Recorded some new auditions for voice acting. Ear status: 8 in the AM, 10 in the PM.
  
  
• Tuesday I did some proposal editing at work, then organized some teaming requests. Played DDR and my feet were unhappy. Later I did some Polos for my sister. Worked on my book. Texted with my sister about holiday presents and Steven Universe merch. I did more of those exercises. Ear stuff was 9 in the AM, 5 in the PM.
  
  
• Wednesday I finalized teams at work and did some data entry on my inventory contract. Did a bunch of household chores (putting away laundry, dishes, etc.). Did some more holiday shopping. Jeaux came early. We bought some plants at Lowe's, ate at Saki to celebrate him getting an A in his chemistry class, and did our grocery shopping. We shared annoying online stories with each other and watched two more anime episodes (Secrets of the Silent Witch). After he left I talked to my online friend and submitted a new query. Ear stuff was a 4 in the AM, 7 in the PM.
  
  
• Thursday I did data entry for the inventory contract and worked on a proposal all day. Did a Polo for Meg. Cold day! I did some aerobics, wrote my comic, and went to game night to play with pals. Did some drawing and actually finished all the comic images before bed. Submitted a short story. Ear stuff was an 8 in the AM, 2 in the PM.
  
  
• Friday I started the day with a meeting, then worked on timesheets, finalizing a proposal, and the inventory data entry. After work I did a Polo for Meg, did some reading, did a karaoke song, did more holiday shopping, recorded the last couple Christmas songs for my friend, and was cold again for most of the day. Ear stuff was a 3 in the AM, 9 in the PM.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: The scale and I were not acquainted this week. No data!
  
  
• Nutrition stuff: I managed to meet the protein goal 4 out of 7 days (missed it on both the days I had outside-the-home meals), and the remaining day I only missed it by a little. I did this weird thing a couple days where I fell asleep before eating my final fruit servings, too. And I'm still taking my vitamins. I have added B vitamins starting Wednesday on Meghan's suggestion just in case that's causing any issues with my ear.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or DDR every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. My low day was Friday at 10,058 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 16,680 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm on page 95.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers. 

Stuff drawn:

 

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One: #1074: ivy #348: if i qualify.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

Dad sings a song for Connie at the holiday party

On a cold night, I got cozy with some popcorn

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,435 for swankivy (1 new), 678 for JulieSondra (1 new), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 756 for swankivy (no change), 3,439 for JulieSondra (lost 4). Facebook: 291 friends for swankivy (no change), 630 likes for JulieSondra (2 new), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 246 followers for So You Write (no change), 103 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,418 (no change). Instagram followers: 295 (no change). Threads followers: 81 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 427 (8 new).